'Lincolnshire Day' Celebration Pizza

This large,
fun pizza is so quick and easy to make for the family or a celebration
party.We’ve used so many ingredients in
the recipe from Lincolnshire producers and suppliers and you can find their
contact details at the back of this book.

Fresh Tomato Sauce

7 oz ripe tomatoes, skinned and chopped

1 tablespoon
Ownsworth’s Rapeseed Oil

1 small onion

1 to 2 garlic cloves, crushed

2 teaspoons tomato paste or ketchup

½ teaspoon sugar

Handful of basil, chopped

Salt and pepper

Pizza Base

350g (12oz) self-raising flour

1 tsp salt

2 tablespoons
Ownsworth’s Rapeseed Oil

240ml (8 fl oz) milk

"Lincolnshire Producer – Toppings”

Cote Hill Blue Cheese

2 to 3 slices of Lincolnshire Chine

2 Yellow Bell Peppers

Small broccoli florets (part cooked for 5 to 10
minutes until just soft)

Fresh Tomato Sauce Method

In a frying pan, fry the
onion, and garlic in therapeseed
oil, gently for 5 minutes until softened but not browned.

Bring to the boil, cover
and simmer gently for approximately 15 to 20 minutes, stirring
occasionally.You will then have a nice
thick sauce. Cool, whilst you make the pizza base.

Pizza Base Method

Put the flour and salt
into a large mixing bowl combine.

Measure out the milk into
a measuring jug and add the 2 tablespoons ofrapeseed oil.Pour into the mixing bowl with the flour and
using a wooden spoon (or your hands) mix in quickly to form a soft dough ball.

Turn out onto a floured
work surface and roll out into a rectangular shape, (cutting or shaping until
you have a nice regular flag shape).You
are now ready to create your "Lincolnshire Food Flag”.

Lincolnshire Flag Toppings

Spread the cooled tomato
sauce over your pizza "flag” base.

Cut the Lincolnshire Chine
into ½ to 1 inch strips and place on the pizza vertically and horizontally to
form a cross.

Along the edges of this
cross, line with strips of yellow bell pepper

On the top left and bottom
right quarters, fill in with small broccoli florets you have previously part
cooked drained and cooled

On the top right and
bottom left quarters, crumble Cote Hill Blue cheese over the sauce

You should now have
completely covered your pizza base Lincolnshire flag.Place on a lightly oiled baking tray and put
into a pre-heated oven (180 ˚C/350 ˚F/Gas Mark 4) for approximately 15 to 20
minutes or until golden and nicely crisp.

You can google "Lincolnshire Flag” to see exactly the
design you are following

The colours of the flag and their meaning:

RED – the red cross is the Saint George’s cross
representing England

YELLOW – represents the crops grown in the county as
well as the nickname "Yellowbellies” meaning people born and bred in
Lincolnshire

BLUE – represents the sea on the east coast of
Lincolnshire as well as the big blue skies of Lincolnshire

GREEN – represents the rich lushness of the
Lincolnshire Fens

FLEUR DE LYS – represents the City of Lincoln

Remember this scone base
pizza recipe can be used for any day of the year and you can add any toppings
you like – just get creative and find things in your fridge or larder

At Ownsworth’s we love using seasonal and local ingredients in all our
recipes and love to hear from other producers so we can create even more
recipes using their produce and we are always on the look out for new food
producers, growers and rearers.